Hame and tug connection.



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B. F. EMERY. HA'ME AND TUG GONNEGTION. 4PPLI$0ATI0N FILED MAR. s, 1908.

91 1,650. Patented Feb. 9, i

' z SHEETS-SHE f ii V l l I it T! Iwffa 2O ferred form of my connecting device 'at- UNITED BENJAMIN F. EMERY, OF THAYER, IOWA.

' HAME AND 'IUG- CONNECTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

t Application filed March 3, 1908. Serial No. 418,954.

A further object of this invention is to adapt the same principleof construction to a clevis and to the hold-back and check-rein portions of a harness.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of elements hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated by the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the pretached to a portion of a hame. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a crosssection on the indicated line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a cross-section on the indicated line 44 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a cross-section on the indicated line 5-5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a side elevation illustrating the application of the device to a clevis and Fig. 7 is a plan of the same. Fig. 8 is a side elevation illustrating the invention applied to a hold-back and Fig. 9 is a cross-section on the indicated line 99 of Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a side elevation illustrating a modified form of the device as applied to a hold-back and Fig. 11 is a crosssection on the indicated line 11-11 of Fig. 10. Fig. 12 is a side elevation illustrating the invention applied to a check-rein hook.

In the construction of the device asillustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 the numeral 10 designates a sup ort such as a hame or hameless collar. A Searing 11 is formed with a stem 12 adapted to be screwed into the hame 10 and also is formed with a vertical circular aperture as shown by dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2. A head-block 13 is provided and is formed with a stem 14 adapted to be screwed into the hame 10 above the bearing ll. A shaft 15 connects the head-block 13 and bearing 11 and extends parallel with and at one side of the hame 10. The head-block 13 is formed with a segmental groove 16 concentric with the shaft 15 and opening to the lower face of said block. The forward end portion of the groove 16 is open at the forward margin of the head -block 13 and the rear endof said groove is closed in the rear portion of said head-block and directly to the rear of the shaft 15. An arm 17 is journaled on the shaft 15 and a stem 18 is formed on the outer end portion of said arm and extends upward parallel with the shaft. The upper end portion of the stem 18 enters the groove 16 inthe head-block 13 andis adapted for travel therein and outside of said groove in rotation of the arm 17 on the shaft 15.

In practical use the arm 17 is rotated on the shaft 15 in such manner as to carry the stem 18 forwardly and out of the groove 16 in order that a hame-tug or trace (not shown) may be attached to said stem. Thereupon draft is applied to the hame-tug or trace and the stem 18 is drawn rearwardly and on an arc into and through the length of the groove 16, and in so doing the arm 17 is turned into the position shown. Thereafter the hame-tug or trace will maintain the desired connection with the stem 18 for the reason that said stem and the arm carrying the same cannot be turned forward sufiiciently, by accidental means, to detach such connection.

In the construction shown in Figs. 6 and 7 a head-block 13 is formed with an arm 19 curved from one end portion thereof and terminating in a stud 20. An arm 17 is journaled on the stud 20 and said stud is riveted at its outer end to retain said arm. A stem 18* is formed on the outer end portion of the arm 17" and extends at right angles thereto. The free end of the stem 18* enters a groove 16 formed in the lower face of the block 13 concentric with the stud 20. This device may be employed as a clevis and may be detached, for release of the devices connected thereby, by turning the arm 17 a on' the stud 20 in such manner asto move the stem 18 out of the groove 16*.

In the construction of the device shown in Figs. 8 and 9 a head-block 13 is employed and an arm 21 is formed on and curves from said block. An car 22 is formed on the opposite end of the arm 21 adapted to be connected by a bolt or screw 23 to a thill 24. A shaft 15 is fixed at one end to the headblock 13 and extends at right angles therefrom. The op osite end portion of the shaft 15* is re uced in diameter to form a stud 15 adapted to be seated in the thill 24 at the rear of the ear 22. journaled on the shaft 15' and a stem 18 is formed on and extends at right angles to the An arm 17 is outer end portion of said arm. The upper end portion of the stem 18 enters a groove 16* formed in the lower face of the headblock 13 concentric with the shaft 15". The arm 17 may be moved rotatively on the shaft 15 to move the stem 18* out of the groove 16 and then a hold-back strap may be engaged over said stem and draft agplied in such manner as to move the stem again into engagement with the groove. Thereafter the stem will be retained in the groove by the hold-hack strap and will not become accidentally released therefrom.

In the construction of the device as shown in Figs. 10 and 11 an arm 21 is employed and is f xed at one end to a shaft 15 while the other end of said arm is formed as an ear 22 adapted to be attached by a bolt or screw 23 to a thill 24. The lower end portion of the shaft 15 is reduced in diameter to form a stud 15 adapted to be seated in a notch or recess in the thill at the rear of the ear 22. A stud 25 is formed on the upper end portion of the shaft 15. A yoke 18 is provided and the lower arm thereof is journaled on the lower end portion of the shaft 15 while the upper arm of said yoke is ournaled on the stud 25. A spline or rib 26 is formed on and longitudinally of the shaft 15 and a notch 27 is formed in the lower arm of the yoke 18 adjacent the body of said yoke for the passage of said spline times. In practical use the yoke 18 0 may be turned on its pivots until the notch 27 registers with the spline 26 and then said yoke may be lifted along the shaft 15 until the upper arm of the yoke is released from the stud 25. Thereupon a hold-back strap (not shown) can be applied to the yoke 18 and said yoke be repositioned as shown. In the position shown the yoke 18 is held against vertical movement by the spline 26.

In the construction of the device as shown in Fig. 12 a shaft 15 is provided and is formed with a laterally extending head 13. The head 13 is formed with a segmental groove 16 in its lower face concentric with the shaft and open at one end. A portion of the lower end of the shaft 15 is formed angular in cross-section and is adapted to be seated in an angular aperture of common form in a harness saddle (not shown). The lower extremity of the shaft 15 is reduced in diameter and threaded to receive a nut whereby the device may be mounted rigidly, yet removably, in the harness saddle. An arm 17 is journaled on the shaft 15 ad jacent the angular portion thereof and l l i l l a stem 1S is formed and extends at right angles from the outer portion of said arm. The upper end portion of the stem 18 is adapted for to and fro travel in the groove 16. In practical use the shaft 15 and its head 13 serve as a hook to be engaged by a check-rein or check-rein loop and the stem 18 serves as a keeper to prevent accidental release of the check-rein or loop.

I claim as my invention-- 1. A device of the class described, comprising a head formed -with a groove, a bearng fixed to said. head. and an angular momor jonrnalcd to said bearing and formed 'th a stem entering said groove, the stem oeing parallel with the axis of articulation of the memlmrs.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a head formed with a segmental groove in one face and. opening through one margin thereof, a bearing connected to said head and an angular member 'ournalod on said bearing and extending within said groove, said angular men'ibcr adapted to be moved rotatively out of said groove.

3, A device of the class described, comprising a head. member formed with a segmental groove in one face, an angular member adapted to enter said groove at one end and pivotal connections between said members.

4. A device of the class described, comprising a shaft, a head member on said shaft formed with a segmental groove in one face concentric with said sl aft, an arm pivoted on said shaft and a stem on said arm adapted to enter said groove.

5. A device of the class described, comprising a shaft, a head member on said shaft formed with a groove in one face, means for bracing said head member and shaft, an arm journaled on said shaft and a stem on said arm adapted to enter said groove.

6. A device of the class described, com prising a head member formed with a groove, a shaft on said head member, a bearing member connected. to said shaft, means for supporting said head member and bearing member, an arm iournalcd on said shaft and a stem on said arm adapted to enter said groove.

Signed by me at Des Moines, Iowa, this 26th day of February, 1908.

BENJ MIN F. EMERY.

l i itnesses THOMAS G. Onwio, S. C. Swnnr. 

